<s>
Asylum	B-Application
is	O
an	O
adventure	B-Application
game	O
created	O
by	O
William	O
F	O
.	O
Denman	O
Jr.	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1981	O
by	O
Med	O
Systems	O
(	O
later	O
known	O
as	O
Screenplay	O
)	O
of	O
Chapel	O
Hill	O
,	O
North	O
Carolina	O
for	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
combines	O
a	O
text	O
adventure	B-Application
with	O
simple	O
line	O
graphics	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
3D	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Med	O
Systems	O
had	O
earlier	O
released	O
games	O
like	O
Rat	O
's	O
Revenge	O
,	O
Deathmaze	B-Application
5000	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Labyrinth	B-Application
with	O
the	O
same	O
kind	O
of	O
graphics	O
;	O
these	O
games	O
were	O
among	O
the	O
earliest	O
commercial	O
examples	O
of	O
3D	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
named	O
Asylum	B-Application
II	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sequel	O
was	O
later	O
enhanced	O
with	O
bitmapped	O
graphics	O
,	O
color	O
,	O
and	O
improved	O
descriptions	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
simply	O
as	O
Asylum	B-Application
in	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
in	O
1983	O
,	O
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
labyrinthine	O
asylum	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
rather	O
confusing	O
feature	O
of	O
that	O
labyrinth	B-Application
is	O
that	O
some	O
sections	O
of	O
it	O
seem	O
to	O
exist	O
in	O
several	O
places	O
at	O
once	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
an	O
item	O
dropped	O
in	O
a	O
certain	O
place	O
will	O
also	O
show	O
up	O
in	O
another	O
place	O
of	O
the	O
labyrinth	B-Application
,	O
in	O
a	O
corridor	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
shape	O
(	O
but	O
different	O
orientation	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
vice	O
versa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BYTE	B-Application
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Not	O
only	O
is	O
 [ Asylum ] 	O
a	O
devious	O
game	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
very	O
good	O
buy	O
for	O
the	O
money	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Magazine	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
use	O
of	O
graphics	O
"	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
that	O
makes	O
it	O
more	O
exciting	O
than	O
Adventure	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
criticizing	O
its	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
,	O
the	O
reviewer	O
liked	O
the	O
time	O
limit	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
her	O
daughter	O
found	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
cool	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
